Entries Tagged as ‘Film’

17/03/2010

ALTERNATIVE MUSINGS – Is Midnight Run Sequel A Good Idea?

By Marty Mulrooney

It was recently announced that the 1988 classic movie Midnight Run could be receiving a sequel, over twenty years later. Now call me pessimistic, but I am not sure that this is a good idea at all.

16/03/2010

FILM REVIEW – Halo Legends, Part 2

By Stewie Sutherland

Released worldwide on both DVD and Blu-ray, Halo Legends takes one of the most popular franchises of our time and spins seven short films about it. It goes without saying that in something like a war for survival, there are many interesting stories to tell. When that war for survival is scattered [...]

11/03/2010

FILM REVIEW – The Hurt Locker

By Joseph Viney

War is hell, as they say. As time progresses and military technology becomes sharper and more devastating the chances of getting equal footing on an already rocky battleground are receding further and further away.

26/02/2010

FILM REVIEW – The Lovely Bones

By Joseph Viney

There’s nothing that endears a film to its audience like the rape and murder of a child. Arguably it’s the post-modern take on the ‘Boy Meets Girl’ theme. However, outside of American Werewolf In London I have never come across a film trying to make a ‘heart-warming’ story about murder.
Suffice to say [...]

23/02/2010

FILM REVIEW – The Princess And The Frog

By Marty Mulrooney

The Princess And The Frog is Disney’s 49th feature film and their first traditional 2D animation since 2004’s Home On The Range. Loosely based on the Brothers Grimm fairy tale ‘The Frog Prince’, Disney seems keen to shake things up from the usual formula they have stuck to in the past. Case in [...]